San Jose Gang Leader Gets 15 Years In Prison
A San Jose gang leader was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, methamphetamine distribution and use of a gun.
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A San Jose gang leader was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy, methamphetamine distribution and use of a gun.
Officials at Valley State Prison in California are investigating the death of an inmate as a possible homicide.
Californians voted in favor of sentencing and parole reforms for nonviolent offenders by passing Proposition 57.
Stockton's billion dollar prison medical complex is the crown jewel of California's correctional system, designed to save money by consolidating the sickest inmates in one place - but so far it hasn't worked out that way.
Former California state Sen. Ron Calderon was sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison in a corruption scandal in which he acknowledged taking bribes in exchange for his influence in Sacramento.
San Francisco man sentenced to two years in prison after pleading no contest to felony child endangerment and misdemeanor drunk driving.
Under the new law, anyone convicted of a felony, but who is not currently in state or federal prison or on parole, is allowed to vote.
An intimate letter he penned from prison suggests the ruthless racketeer could handle tenderness almost as skillfully as his Tommy Gun.
Prosecutors say a Sacramento County woman feigned suicide to avoid a prison sentence.
A 47-year-old Southern California woman has been arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs and cell phones to a condemned gang member on San Quentin's Death Row.
Pearlman, credited for starting the boy-band craze and launching the careers of the Backstreet Boys and ''NSYNC, has died in prison while serving a 25-year sentence for a massive Ponzi scheme...
The Justice Department says it's phasing out its relationships with private prisons after a recent audit found the private facilities have more safety and security problems than ones run by the government.
Authorities say a Menlo Park man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for traveling to Cambodia to have sex with young girls.
Authorities say a Central California man has been sentenced to six months in prison for flashing a large laser pointer at a California Highway Patrol plane last year, briefly damaging the pilot's eyes.
California parole officials on Wednesday were considering whether to release a killer whose crime led to the creation of one of the state's best-known crime victims' groups.
A 44-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in state prison for his felony child abuse conviction for burning his 2-year-old son's hands in boiling water at a home in San Leandro in 2011.
A federal judge in Sacramento has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for his conviction in a case alleging he tried to join Islamic extremists in Syria.
A judge sentenced the former CEO of California's public pension fund to 4.5 years in prison after admitting he took over $200,000 in bribes.
A sharp-eyed boy who collects antique radios is taking umbrage with the vintage radio on display inside gangster Al Capone's cell at a historic Philadelphia prison.
Official says he violated the terms of his parole. Ozaukee County jail records show Diamond, who was recently released after serving...
A dry patch of soil inside a Vacaville prison is being transformed into a drought-tolerant garden in a program intended to transform inmates' lives through connection to nature.
The California Supreme Court in San Francisco on Monday upheld the death penalty of a San Quentin State Prison inmate for the murder of a prison guard in 1985.
Officials at a Central California state prison are investigating the third suspected inmate homicide there in three months.
A transgender California inmate is dropping her lawsuit against prison officials while they decide if she will be provided with state-funded sex-reassignment surgery.
One of two so-called "San Francisco witch killers" has been denied parole. A parole board on Wednesday said 73-year-old Suzan Carson was unfit for early release.
